How Do I Rent a Negro
Racialized Subjectivity and Digital Performance Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4552070 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandi Wilkins Catanese (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 699-714 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2006.0009 |
| OpenAlex | W2034391648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This essay is an examination of conceptual artist damali ayo's Web-art performance, www.rent-a-negro.com, and the function of race within the interactive features of the site. By employing and subverting the normative racial tropes of cyberculture, ayo's project also exposes the ethical and performative dimensions of race in material practice. Ultimately, the spaces of confessional and dark play that are created online with digital performance art enable an advancement of racial discourse in our society
Aesthetics · Art · Confessional · Epistemology · Function (biology · Normative · Performative utterance · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racialization · Sociology · Subjectivity · Digital Games and Media · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2017 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |